DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide
Foreword to the PDF Edition by Forbidden Donut You, dear reader, are an extremely fortunate individual to have stumbled upon this particular digital doorway. What lies ahead is one of the most important volumes in the canon of psychedelic literature. The Essential Psychedelic Guide was written by D.M. Turner, an extraordinarily courageous and articulate pioneer in the exploration of the imaginal realm. However, due to a tragic series of events resulting in the untimely death of its author, this book was very nearly lost forever. Only a few psychonauts lucky enough to have found copies from the initial print runs would have ever been the wiser. Luckily, though, some mysterious force for good in the universe has seen fit to digitize it for your reading pleasure. I, for one, am awfully thankful. The Essential Psychedelic Guide, while deceptively slim in its printed form, is a veritable well-spring of knowledge for the aspiring psychonaut. It brings together in a single volume the basics of psychedelic history, essential information on physical and mental safety, and detailed chapters on 8 of the major entheogens, including hard to find, accurate data on dosage and administration. Turner also presents quite a bit of highly novel thinking with regard to the philosophical underpinnings of the bizarre, extreme, and sometimes sublime dimensions that entheogens can make accessible. Indeed, one could scarcely dream of a better introductory text for the newcomer to the visionary way, or a more practically useful reference for the experienced psychedelic voyager. What really puts Turner's work in a class by itself are his vivid, lucid and evocative narrations from the very frontier of consciousness itself. His trip stories convey the essence of the psychedelic experience in a manner that I had not previously thought to be possible using such a crude instrument as the English language. Also particularly noteworthy is the wide variety of novel and challenging chemical combinations which this master alchemist brought together within his physical alembic and then reported on. This makes the work especially important, as he was likely the first and only person ever to have tried some of these mixtures. Some may consider certain of them to be excessive or even dangerous; indeed, Turner's death appears to have been directly related to one of his experiments. Following his death, it has been pointed out that he was a bit of a "hard-head"; it took him much higher dosages than most need to acheive the desired effects.
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Foreword to the PDF Edition<br />
by Forbidden Donut<br />
You, dear reader, are an extremely fortunate individual to have stumbled<br />
upon this particular digital doorway. What lies ahead is one of the most<br />
important volumes in the canon of <strong>psychedelic</strong> literature. <strong>The</strong> Essential<br />
Psychedelic Guide was written by D.M. <strong>Turner</strong>, an extraordinarily<br />
courageous and articulate pioneer in the exploration of the imaginal realm.<br />
However, due to a tragic series of events resulting in the untimely death of<br />
its author, this book was very nearly lost forever. Only a few psychonauts<br />
lucky enough to have found copies from the initial print runs would have<br />
ever been the wiser. Luckily, though, some mysterious force for good in the<br />
universe has seen fit to digitize it for your reading pleasure. I, for one, am<br />
awfully thankful.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Essential Psychedelic Guide, while deceptively slim in its printed form,<br />
is a veritable well-spring of knowledge for the aspiring psychonaut. It<br />
brings together in a single volume the basics of <strong>psychedelic</strong> history,<br />
essential information on physical and mental safety, and detailed chapters<br />
on 8 of the major entheogens, including hard to find, accurate data on<br />
dosage and administration. <strong>Turner</strong> also presents quite a bit of highly novel<br />
thinking with regard to the philosophical underpinnings of the bizarre,<br />
extreme, and sometimes sublime dimensions that entheogens can make<br />
accessible. Indeed, one could scarcely dream of a better introductory text for<br />
the newcomer to the visionary way, or a more practically useful reference<br />
for the experienced <strong>psychedelic</strong> voyager.<br />
What really puts <strong>Turner</strong>'s work in a class by itself are his vivid, lucid and<br />
evocative narrations from the very frontier of consciousness itself. His trip<br />
stories convey the essence of the <strong>psychedelic</strong> experience in a manner that I<br />
had not previously thought to be possible using such a crude instrument as<br />
the English language. Also particularly noteworthy is the wide variety of<br />
novel and challenging chemical combinations which this master alchemist<br />
brought together within his physical alembic and then reported on. This<br />
makes the work especially important, as he was likely the first and only<br />
person ever to have tried some of these mixtures. Some may consider<br />
certain of them to be excessive or even dangerous; indeed, <strong>Turner</strong>'s death<br />
appears to have been directly related to one of his experiments. Following<br />
his death, it has been pointed out that he was a bit of a "hard-head"; it took<br />
him much higher dosages than most need to acheive the desired effects.